Review originally posted March 26, 2018 by Tori. The Broken Girls by Simone St. JamesMystery Suspense/SupernaturalMarch 20, 2018Berkley Favorite Quote: She’d always known the monsters were real. In the 1950’s there was a school for girls in Vermont called Idlewild Hall. It was a place for the troublesome, the illegitimate, the unwanted. Rumored to be haunted, four girls bond over shared fears and secrets, until one of them disappeared. Fiona Sheridan knows what it is Continue Reading
Retro Review: Last Call by TL Watson
Review originally posted March 15, 2018 by Helyce. Last Call by TL WatsonContemporary RomanceMarch 15, 2018Self Published Gwen Cooper has missed her flight home and is attempting to text this information to her teenage son when she literally runs into a man, throwing them both to the floor. He spills his coffee all over her shirt, she drops her phone and loses a shoe. When they finally right themselves, she realizes that she’s bumped into actor Blake Donovan, Hollywood’s Continue Reading
Retro Review: Long Shot by Kennedy Ryan
Review originally posted March 23, 2018 by Sheena. Long Shot by Kennedy RyanA Hoops NovelContemporary RomanceReleased: March 22, 2018 Favorite Quote: He tries to demean me with his words…his words are a dog with no bite. They have no teeth with me. But who needs teeth when you have fangs? There are roughly, 172,000 words in the English language. The average person knows 20,000-30,000 words and uses 3,000 of them commonly. Out of all these words at my Continue Reading
Retro Review: An Affair with a Notorious Heiress by Lorraine Heath
Review originally posted in June of 2017 by Angela at Fiction Vixen. An Affair with a Notorious Heiress by Lorraine HeathScandalous Gentlemen of St. James #4Historical RomancePublished May 30, 2017 by Avon Alistair Mabry, Marquess of Rexton, knows all about scandal and the unforgiving opinion of the ton. When his father, the Duke of Greystone, married a lowly bookkeeper to an infamous gambling house he did so for love. But growing up Rex was bullied by his peers for Continue Reading
Retro Review: The Duke and the Lady in Red by Lorraine Heath
Review originally posted April 28, 2015, by Angela at Fiction Vixen. The Duke and the Lady in Red by Lorraine HeathScandalous Gentlemen of St. James #3Historical RomancePublished April 28, 2015 by Avon This book made me cry. No really, the ending had me all teary-eyed, with that intense, heavy feeling in my chest that makes breathing difficult. I haven’t done that with a book in so long, that it surprised me. I’ve always enjoyed Lorraine Heath’s historical romances, but I really Continue Reading
Retro Review: Once More, My Darling Rogue by Lorraine Heath
Review originally posted on August 15, 2014, by Angela at Fiction Vixen. Once More, My Darling Rogue by Lorraine HeathScandalous Gentlemen of St. James #2Historical RomancePublished August 15, 2014 by Avon Despite my love for Lorraine Heath and her historical romances the beginning of Once More, My Darling Rogue left me a little cold. This is the second book in the Scandalous Gentlemen of St. James series, which is a spin-off of the Scoundrels of St. James series and while I was Continue Reading
Retro Review: When the Duke Was Wicked by Lorraine Heath
Review originally posted on February 25, 2014 by Angela at Fiction Vixen. When the Duke Was Wicked by Lorraine HeathScandalous Gentlemen of St. James #1Historical RomancePublished February 25, 2014 by Avon , Being a fan of Lorraine Heath and learning that her newest series would be about the children of the characters from her Scoundrels of St. James series I was instantly hooked and couldn’t wait to get my hands on this book. As soon as it was offered for review I jumped at it Continue Reading
Retro Review: Pretty Face by Lucy Parker
Review originally posted 2/20/2017 by Mandi. Pretty Face by Lucy Parker (London Celebrities #2)Released: February 20, 2017Contemporary RomanceCarina Press I fell completely in love with Lucy Parker’s first book, Act Like it. Taking us back to the West End and the theater community with a hero who is a curmudgeon (at least to start) and a heroine who is on a popular yet trashy television show, and the tabloids have a field day with her character. Director Luc Savage is ready Continue Reading
Retro Review: Devil in Tartan by Julia London
Review originally posted 2/15/2018 by Mandi. Devil in Tartan by Julia London (Highland Grooms #4)Releases February 20, 2018Historical RomanceHQN Books I won’t lie – I received a print arc of this in the mail, took one look at our hero’s luscious locks, and did a little snort laugh….and decided to give it a try. I was really hoping the heroine would play with his hair, or braid it or something but we don’t get much hair play. We do get a cute story about a woman desperate to save Continue Reading
Retro Review: Collision Course by Marie Harte
Review originally posted January 12, 2018 by Tori. Collision Course by Marie HarteBody Shop Bad Boys, #4Contemporary RomanceJanuary 2, 2018Sourcebooks Favorite Quote: “If you want him, have him. You have a right to be happy. Take joy in his man parts. Go forth, just don’t prosper.” Lou Cortez is a true ladies man. Gorgeous, sexy, well mannered, good job, loves his family…he’s every woman’s dream man if he says so himself. So why can’t he get the lovely Josephine Continue Reading